You mean this? LOL. Whattup? :-)
Great; they can win a “children’s World Cup”. My town had 3 starters on the 1994 team (when the US hosted); that was going to be the year professional soccer really caught on in this country. 25 years later, and Panama took our place representing CONCACAF; people in my town still thought we’d win the World Cup this year (even if we didn’t qualify).
I love watching World Cup games because they play their hearts out; still too many shootouts to decide games in this year’s tournament. The feigning injury issue, more than the low scores, dooms this sport; Americans will never embrace it without major changes. If it ever becomes popular in the US, it will only be when there are no “Americans” left.
Italy and the Netherlands didn’t qualify, neither.
Teams go through ups and downs. The US is no exception.
The thing is, soccer is the cheapest game you can play, you can even make a soccer ball for cheap and play it anywherhere.
But here in the US, you have to pay an “arm and a leg” to some Academy to develop the skills. Brazilian kids just get their skills playing on the streets.
You mean this? LOL. Whattup? :-)